TO SAY GOODBYE. IF YOU'VE NOTICED "FOR SALE" SIGNS DISAPPEARING IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S BECAUSE NEW NUMBERS OUT THIS WEEK SHOW HOME SALES ARE UP IN THE GREATER MILWAUKEE AREA. BUT AS WISN 12 NEWS HILLARY MINTZ EXPLAINS NEW AT SIX, THE IMPROVEMENT IN THE HOUSING MARKET COULD MEAN FEWER HOMES TO SHOP FOR. LIFE IS MOVING QUICKLY FOR JESS SIMON AND HER HUSBAND. THEY MOVED FROM COLORADO TO SOUTH MILWAUKEE THIS SUMMER TO BE CLOSER TO FAMILY. THEN FOUND OUT THEY'RE ADOPTING A BABY IN NOVEMBER AND HAVING THEIR OWN NEXT SPRING. JESS SIMON WE FOUND THIS HOME, PUT AN OFFER IN AND A MONTH LATER, WE CLOSED AND HERE WE ARE SHE SAYS THEY'RE GLAD THEY BOUGHT WHEN THEY DID. JESS SIMON WHEN WE FIRST MOVED HERE A FEW MONTHS AGO, THERE WERE SO MANY HOMES IN THE AREA WITH FOR SALE SIGNS, AND NOW THERE'S HARDLY ANY THE GREATER MILWAUKEE ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS SAYS HOME SALES ARE UP NEARLY 16 AND A HALF PERCENT FROM LAST YEAR. STAND UP HILLARY MINTZ- RESEARCH ALSO SHOWS THAT WHEN COUPLES LIKE THIS MAYBE A FIXER UPPER, THEY'RE PUTTING MONEY BACK INTO THE HOME AND BUYING LOCAL. LIKE APPLICANCES, A FRESH COAT OF PAINT, EVEN OUTSIDE WITH LANDSCAPING. JESS SAYS THEY PLAN TO SPEND 20 THOUSAND DOLLARS ON IMPROVEMENTS, BUT REALTOR MATT EISENHAUER SAYS NOT EVERY COUPLE'S WILLING TO INVEST IN SWEAT EQUITY, WHICH MEANS FEWER OPTIONS. MATT EISENHAUER LATELY WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS A LACK OF GOOD INVENTORY, THERE'S STUFF OUT THERE THAT NEEDS FIXING OR PRICES AREN'T RIGHT AND THE GOOD STUFF'S KIND OF GONE OFF THE MARKET OVERALL HE SAYS A GOOD SIGN THE ECONOMY'S COMING BACK, BUT MIGHT TAKE LONGER TO CLOSE THE DEAL. IN SOUTH MILWAUKEE, HILLARY MINTZ WISN 12 NEWS. AS FOR PRICES, EXPERTS TELLS US IN THE SOUTH MILWAUKEE AREA THEY'RE ALSO UP